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ReviewCurrent biology : CB2014

Aberrant regulation and function of microRNAs in cancer.

Brian D Adams, Andrea L Kasinski, Frank J Slack

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Review in Current biology : CB, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 278 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
278citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
17.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

278 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 475 citations in OpenAlex.

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218 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Brian D AdamsDepartment of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Andrea L KasinskiDepartment of Biological Sciences, Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Frank J SlackDepartment of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. Electronic address: Frank.Slack@yale.edu.
Yale University · USPurdue University West Lafayette · US

Funding

Training in Genomics and Proteomics TechnologiesT32HG003198 · NHGRI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI BREAKER, RONALD R · 2004 to 2015
$4.9M
MicroRNAs to Understand Cause and Outcome in Breast CancerR01CA157749 · NCI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SLACK, FRANK J., WEIDHAAS, JOANNE B · 2012 to 2016
$1.7M
Let-7 microRNAs in Lung Cancer: Altering Growth and RadioresistanceR01CA131301 · NCI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SLACK, FRANK J., WEIDHAAS, JOANNE B · 2009 to 2013
$1.7M
Identification and Therapeutic Application of miRNA-Drivers in Lung CancerR00CA178091 · NCI · PURDUE UNIVERSITY · PI KASINSKI, ANDREA L · 2014 to 2016
$734k
Identification and therapeutic application of miRNA-drivers in lung cancerK99CA178091 · NCI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI KASINSKI, ANDREA L · 2013 to 2013
$100k
NCI NIH HHS K99/R00 CA178091-01NCI NIH HHS R00 CA178091NCI NIH HHS R01 CA131301NCI NIH HHS R01 CA157749NHGRI NIH HHS 5T32 HG003198-10NHGRI NIH HHS T32 HG003198
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malignant neoplasms are consistently among the top four leading causes of death in all age groups in the United States, despite a concerted effort toward developing novel therapeutic approaches. Our understanding of and therapeutic strategy for treating each of these neoplastic diseases have been improved through decades of research on the genetics, signaling pathways, and cellular biology that govern tumor cell initiation, progression and maintenance. Much of this work has concentrated on post-translational modifications and abnormalities at the DNA level, including point mutations, amplifications/deletions, and chromosomal translocations, and how these aberrant events affect the expression and function of protein-coding genes. Only recently has a novel class of conserved gene regulatory molecules been identified as a major contributor to malignant neoplastic disease. This review focuses on how these small non-coding RNA molecules, termed microRNAs (miRNAs), can function as oncogenes or tumor suppressors, and how the misexpression of miRNAs and dysregulation of factors that regulate miRNAs contribute to the tumorigenic process. Specific focus is given to more recently discovered regulatory mechanisms that go awry in cancer, and how these changes alter miRNA expression, processing, and function.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenes, Tumor SuppressorOncogenesMicroRNAsNeoplasmsMicroRNAs

Identifiers

PMID25137592
PMCPMC4177046
OpenAlexW1991153319

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